Whether they might provide military aid as well. At this point the next steps are , the president certainly has difficult decisions to make about this winning the involvement of the United States or continuing on the course or pulling back. What we have seen is the u. S. Involvement has had only a modest impact and has not changed the trajectory of what is happening. And just an update on that story, the president this and also hadriefed the Prime Minister of turkey. And also, a discussion of a helicopter delivering aid in Northern Iraq that has crashed. The New York Times reports on that crash that one of their journalists, their paris bureau chief, alissa rubin, was injured in that Helicopter Crash in iraq. Here on cspan, we are live at the Cato Institute and they are holding a discussion this afternoon for a couple of cases making their way through the federal Court Challenging the subsidies in the Affordable Care act, in particular, the king cases that came up in the d. C. Circuit
There are billions of dollars at stake here. [inaudible] jonathan. Ou, thank you, professor gruber, for being here today. The issue we are presented with was ruled upon by the d c circuit on july 22, 2014. The d c circuit is known as the highest court in the land. What the court did is it ruled that the president of the United States is violating the law and not in a small way. The Patient Protection in the Affordable Care act of 2010 directs states to establish healthcare exchanges. Directs the federal government to establish an exchange within that state. Ppaca authorizes the iressa to subsidy through an exchange established by the state. Thecomplicated machinery of ppaca those subsidies directly trigger penalties against employers under the law and against individuals. Language ofclear the eligibility rules for these subsidies, in august 2011, the irs announced it would authorize ies. Idize that surprisedt everyone, the 36 states two thirds of the nation had refused or failed to est
Opportunity to defend themselves, and defend the freedom of their country. Just as tyler and i were coming in today, we got word that not only has a new Prime Minister been appointed, but that Prime Minister has named a new president , and it is not mr. Maliki, which is a good move. He needs to move on. An individual who is a shiite who actually work for maliki and is the speaker for the current iraqi parliament, he is the individual that has been named the president. I will take that as a positive step. And hopefully we can see a government that can stand together and defend democracy. And lets not kid ourselves. Iraqi democracy is not what we think of in the United States, but what is best for the iraqi people is what we should want there. And yet, weve got all of these scenarios swirling around the world. And here we are in america dealing with another crisis of our own. My friend, admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has continuously said that the Number
This is wjz tv, baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Military under fire. A new push in washington to overhaul how the military handles sex assault victims. When i reported the assault, my commander responded with retaliation. Heres what people are talking about tonight. Taking a stuff stand against Sexual Assaults in the military. Demanding the department of defense do something about the way those cases are dealt with. We are live and we have more on the new push. Reporter some lawmakers say military prosecutors, not commanders, should be making the decisions about whether Sexual Assault cases move forward. A graduate of the naval academy, she left the marines after she says she was gang raped by fellow officers. The incident allegedly happened in 2009 at the Marine Barracks in washington, d. C. Where clay says the commander fostered a hostile environment. He decided in writing that calling officers
Intentions and capabilities of potential enemies in world. Reporter but benny soon became concerned that the government was spying on average americans. The data that was being taken in was all about the United States citizens. You think this goes way, way beyond pursuing terrorists . Absolutely. Theyre destroying our democracy is what theyre doing. Reporter controversy about the tracking program went public early this year, when another maryland man, Edward Snowden, leaked classified documents. However, wjz has learned, congress may have had a warning about this years ago. Thats when benny said he first raised concerns his program had been turned against americans. The government cant admit a mistake. They have to cover up everything. Reporter benny resigned in protest. Thats when his problems really started. Then you had a knock on your door one day. What happened . That was 2007 when the fbi raided me. They came in, pushed their way in with guns drawn and pushed my son out of the wa